Under the Rain Trees
一處位於河岸邊的土地，覆蓋數十年歷史的壯觀樹林，自然環境所營造出的優美，任何建造形式都無法與之匹敵。這些樹冠的陰影已經為居住生活創造了近乎完美的生態條件。
A plot on the bank of Ping River covered by magnificent decades old rain trees is so blissful that no built form could compete with. The shade of tree’s canopies already creates a nearly perfect climatic condition for living.
這棟建築輕巧地嵌入樹木間，未觸碰任何一棵，形成五個翅翼形狀，它們以平滑的曲線相互連接，包括一個公共設施和四個私人公寓。每個翼部的外圍逐漸從圍繞中心開放平台的實體結構轉變為被樹葉包圍的開放平台。混凝土屋頂幾乎完全依照垂直線的地面形狀，並在每個翼部的末端向上彎曲，與植被融為一體。屋頂露台是一個廣場，在這裡人們可以在雨樹細密的樹蔭下親近天空。由於河岸洪水的無常，主層被抬高，使得大部分地面保持不受干擾，使野生植被與房屋自然融合。
The building just inserts itself gently in between the trees without touching any of them to form the five wings connecting to one another with smooth curves housing one common facility and four private apartments. The enclosure of each wing is gradually dissolved from solid masses surrounding open platform at the center to completely open platform surrounded by the leaves. The concrete slab roof follows almost exactly the floor plate and also curves up at the end of each wing to embrace with the flora. The roof terrace is a piazza where one can get close to the sky while being shaded by the fine grain of the rain trees. As flooding on the shore is capricious, the main level is elevated, leaving the ground mostly untouched allowing wild vegetations to merge with the house.
這種空間的類型與水邊傳統房屋相似：小巧方正的木屋漂浮在一個高架平台上。材質如混凝土、光滑的玻璃牆、堅固的深色石材包層與金屬框架等現代材料，實際上使得這座房屋比其傳統的前身更加舒適，並且更好地與環境融為一體。
The typology of space is similar to those of vernacular house by water: small boxy wooden room floating on an elevated platform. Contemporary materials such as concrete, sleek glass walls, solid dark stone cladding with metal frames actually allow the house to be more comfortable and more embrace better with its setting than the vernacular ancestor.
